Sega made Sonic compete with Nintendo’s popular mascot Mario. Sonic was pretty successful and it rose to popularity with the speed of light, but it never got to the heights that Mario has reached. Sega was determined to change that. Sega has been trying for years. They made multiple games, jumped dimensions, and platforms.
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They even made movies, and now it has finally paid off. The sonic team boss has revealed some really good news to Sonic fans!
2022 proved to be a big year for Sonic and Sega!
Recently Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka revealed while talking to Famitsu that 2022 was the biggest year in the history of this character.
He specifically said
“This past year was the biggest year in Sonic history, including the release of the movie sequel, new titles Sonic Origins and Sonic Frontiers, and the Netflix animation Sonic Prime. We are preparing a second wave to keep the fans happy and maintain that momentum going into 2023.”
This is great news for the fans of Sega’s blue blur. It was pretty hard for Sega to find success when they developed multiple 3d games for numerous platforms. Almost all of those games were critical and commercial failures.
Sega’s latest game Frontiers can be credited with successfully bringing the character to a 3d plain. This game proved to be something that fans are addicted to. Its success is such that it has an overwhelmingly positive review score on its steam page.
Previously it was announced that the developers would now be making more games in line with Frontiers as they now know what fans want and they seem to have broken the code for an open-world 3d sonic game.
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The Movies had a big hand in it too!
It should not be overlooked that this was helped in big part by the movies that Sega produced in partnership with Paramount. The movies have broken the myth that every movie based on a video game is destined to be a failure.
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Thanks to the success of these movies, Nintendo finally felt confident enough to once again bring Mario to the big screen! There have also been two Sonic movies and both of them were very very successful. So much so that a third movie is already in the works.
As we have said before, there’s a lot coming in 2023, it is weird how everything just keeps on piling up for next year. Let us hope it does not disappoint.
